Careers on the Web

Video Game Designer

Working So Others Can Play: Jobs in Video Game Development

Jobs for Game Industry Professionals

Video Game Design: What Employers Want

So You Wanna Be a: Game Designer

Advice: The Education of a Game DesignerGamasutra: So You Wanna Be a Game Programmer 

Game Production Time Line - John Laird, University of Michigan

Jobs in Video Game Development  - gignews

Animation

Edutopia Video: Learning From the Pros

ACME Animation

Education

Jackson Community College Arts & Communications Pathway

KAFI - Kalamazoo Animation Festival International

MSU Kicks Video Games Up a Degree 

seriousgames.net - MSU Degree Site

Activities

Introduction to GameMaker

Test: GameMaker Words

Mindtools Tutorials

Scratch 

LearnScratch.org 

Download Game Maker - YoYo Games

Finished Ball Game to open in Game Maker (see programming - Reverse Engineering)

Finished Ball Game .exe to open and play